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    lysander got a reaction from Sirius in Connection Settings in x-h2s   
    Update firmware instructions are here.
    I never use the app, but use a card as it is the most reliable way to update the firmware.
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    lysander reacted to Greybeard in Missing Connection Modes   
    The X100 series don't support tethering
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    lysander reacted to Greybeard in X-H2S Can't assign ISO to a command wheel.   
    I don't understand the big deal about this - ISO can be assigned to the dpad - press up and ISO goes up - press down and ISO goes down - it shows in the EVF but it doesn't fill the EVF and disappears as soon as the change has been made.
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    lysander reacted to Herco in X100V, the weather sealing question   
    Third party options of adapter ring that screw onto the lens combined with a good UV- or protection filter work just as good. I believe JJC has a good one. Make sure the optional lens hood works with a bayonet. That's easier than a filter thread screw-in one.
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    lysander reacted to Roger Solbakke in Custom settings influence on other film simulations - X100V   
    Ok, so maybe I remember wrong about my previous F... Yes you are right about dedicating one of the 7, good idea! Thank you.
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    lysander reacted to johant in Custom settings influence on other film simulations - X100V   
    I am surprised by your statement that this doesn’t happen on your F. Because I believe that is exactly how my F behaves. I will try later today.
    As a workaround, you could always dedicate one custom setting to “everything on zero”.
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    lysander got a reaction from Cactuskid in X100F...what an upgrade!   
    I recently switched to this lens hood:
     
    https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00JKUYQS8/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1
     
    This allows use of the original Fujifilm lens hood.
     
     

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    lysander got a reaction from Safari in Large Prints   
    Watch this: 
    How Many Megapixels In A Billboardhttps://youtu.be/UCaZt5ndRW0
     
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    lysander reacted to addicted2light in Getting the Medium Format Look > Utopy on small sensors ?   
    If you want an 85/90mm the Canon 85/1.2 FD should supposedly be really really good.
     
    But if I were you I'd go for a longer lens, like a 180 or a 200/2.8 (assuming you have the space to back up, obviously).
     
    This because the medium format look depends as much from the thin dof than from the compression given by a longer focal length.
     
    Please keep in mind that you might want to have the tip of the nose in focus as well (it's a matter of taste, but I certainly do), and if so shooting at f/1.2 will not feasible, and you'll probably need at least f/2.8 anyway.
     
    And lastly for the best results (not for a tight portrait, though) I'd use the "Brenized method": http://ryanbrenizer.com/category/brenizer-method/
     
    It's the only way IMO to achieve a proper mf look on small sensors (small = not medium format, so Sony/full format as well). I've shot mf for years (still do), so maybe I'm a bit overcritical, but just using a shallow depth of field it is not gonna cut it.
     
    EDIT: I just noticed you listed "80Mp" as one of the features of the Sony sensor that could help with the look. Sorry, but megapixels have nothing to do with this. The "look" is only linked to the physical dimensions of the sensor, regardless of the resolving power. A 20 years old 6 megapixels medium format back can still produce "the look" effortlessly!
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    lysander reacted to quincy in Quick review of 80mm f2.8 macro   
    @Khechog: both, actually.
    In detail: While extension tubes simply do what they are named after (give more extension) and enable you to get closer to your subject, they won't let you focus to infinity anymore. Unlike extension tubes, teleconverters retain infinity focus by the optical elements they contain. So by combining a lens with a teleconverter, in total you get a lens with a longer focal length (times 1.4 or times 2.0, depending on the teleconverter), one or two stops less light (the physical aperture inside the lens does not change, of course, but since you have a longer focal length and the aperture value is calculated by 'focal length divided by physical aperture', it's one or two stops below the original lens' maximum aperture), but the same close focus distance. This means you get a higher magnification with the teleconverter (approximately 1.4:1 or 2:1 with the XF80), OR you can go to 1:1 with more working distance. I think that the increase in working distance at 1:1 magnification might even be more than the increase in focal length, since the focal length of the XF80 does decrease while focusing close (and you don't have to focus the lens that close with TC).
     
    @TomNeva: Yes. You can try both, but in my experience, Fujinon XF lenses do better with OIS off when fixed (on a tripod / stand / mount).
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    lysander reacted to dincz in 16mm + X-T2 weird jpg   
    It looks like one of the advanced filter effects is turned on.
     
    Have a look here: http://fujifilm-dsc.com/en/manual/x-t2_v21/taking_photo/filter/index.html
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    lysander reacted to Mike G in exposure comp not working in manual mode   
    Why would you want EC in manual mode?
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    lysander reacted to Tikcus in exposure comp not working in manual mode   
    Exposure compensation does nothing when you are in Full manual exposure mode
     
    What you are seeing on screen is the light meter which shows how many stops you are over or under exposed by.
     
    In full manual mode if you need to adjust exposure change the Aperture, Shutterspeed, or ISO
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    lysander reacted to Aswald in Some things are better with the X-Pro1   
    X-Pro1 has AF?
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    lysander reacted to flysurfer in Crop Factor on Fuji Lenses, Why?   
    Modern camera makers could simply use angle-of-view and T stop to describe their lenses. That would be state-of-the-art and useful as we could quickly compare lenses across various systems with different sensor sizes, be it 1", APS-C, APS-H, 35mm, 44x33mm or larger.
     
    Sadly, most camera makers consider many of their customers old-fashioned and resistant to learning current stuff, so they don't dare to change a thing. Fujifilm, for example, are disqualifying themselves by mentioning the "35mm equivalent" in pretty much every lens description, acknowledging that their core customer base consists of old men who have been socialized with 35mm film and don't know anything else. They also stick to nonsense like "ISO sensitivity", as if the sensitivity of a digital camera sensor would/could ever change. Nobody dares to speak of "ISO amplification", which would be the correct description of what's going on.
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    lysander reacted to flysurfer in Crop Factor on Fuji Lenses, Why?   
    There is no crop factor on Fujifilm XF lenses, because these lenses have been designed for X-Mount and APS-C. So they are perfectly "full-frame". You'd have to adapt XF lenses to MFT cameras (or smaller) in order to achieve any crop. The new Hasselblad lenses for the new Hasselblad medium format camera are full-frame, too, as they are specifically designed for the 44x33mm sensor inside this camera. However, adapting Hasselblad H series lenses on this camera will result in a crop factor, because the H series covers a larger image circle.
     
    So crop factors become relevant in systems that support more than one sensor size (like the mentioned Hasselblads, pretty much all legacy (D)SLR systems, but also Sony's new mirrorless system that features a mount that's used for APS-C and 24x36mm sensors).
     
    When you adapt a lens that was made for 24x36 film on APS-C, you only use a cropped portion of the actual image circle, so there is a crop factor to describe that portion and the resulting image impression based on the larger (aka full-frame, uncropped) image circle. That's why we have focal reducers like Speed Booster Ultra or Lens Turbo II, which let us use 24x36mm lenses on APS-C in a way like they would perform on a full-frame camera (and with one stop of additional brightness, hence the Speed Booster name).
     
    Referring to "full-frame" as a synonym to 24x36mm cameras is basically a lazy relict of the past, based on the fact that many legacy users only know and used that format. That's why they use it as a reference point for everything, which results in crazy stuff like "crop factors" below 1 for medium format lenses. All this will probably vanish when the current regime of "old farts" will be replaced by the "smartphone generation" who couldn't care less about such relicts. 
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    lysander got a reaction from icarm in XF 16-55mm f/2.8 WR Lens   
    I just got mine, a minty used copy from a dealer for $960 in the original packaging. Looks like new. 
     
    I have used only primes with the X-T1 until now, but have wanted a top tier general purpose zoom to avoid lugging a bunch of lenses around.
     
    Fast focus, very sharp, as a good as a prime for me.  BUT, a bit heavy at first, then you don't notice. Much lighter than the equivalent Nikon gear I sold ;-)
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    lysander got a reaction from Curiojo in Raw conversion topic VERY confusing! - can anyone clarify   
    Try this too:
     
    SHARPENING X-TRANS FILES IN ADOBE LIGHTROOM http://petebridgwood.com/wp/2014/10/x-trans-sharpening/
     
    The "key difference between Raw files from conventional sensors and Raw files from X-Trans is that they favour different DETAIL slider settings: part of the sharpening control set within the DETAIL panel of the DEVELOP module."
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    lysander reacted to Iansky in The X-Pro1 - Still Perfectly Valid   
    Nice one Adam,
     
    The images speak for themselves and are a great endorsement for the X-pro1.
     
    I have been using the X100 series since the original X100, now running the X100s and have been so impressed that when Fuji offered the "Silly sale deals" before Christmas I picked up a brand new X-pro1 with case, 18 & 27mm for £600  so the cost of the lenses equates to more than the camera body and case so a case of "buy two lenses and get a new X-Pro1 and case free".
     
    With the latest firmware it is a great performer and the AF is faster and more accurate than even my X100s!
     
    I am so pleased with it (it reminds me of my days working as a PJ shooting analogue Leica rangefinders) and is a step up from the Leica M8.2 I used to own that I have traded in my Olympus micro 4/3 kit that has sat in a cupboard and pre-ordered the X-Pro2.
     
    It is a very underestimated camera and deals can still be found in a few stores!  Great camera that delivers superb IQ and mine is used for street / landscape etc leaving my DSLR for sport / airshows etc.
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    lysander reacted to Black Pearl in FStops on the Cropped Sensors Not Accurate?   
    An f stop is an f stop is an f stop - well in photographic exposure terms it is where the infinitesimally small differences in light transmission due to the glass don't matter in the same way they do in the movie world where they have lenses marked in t stops which are corrected a little further.
     
    Essentially the person you're quoting is wrong, or at least is interpreting things the wrong way.
    It is very easy to test if you have a Nikon and a few lenses. Put a FX lens on a Nikon FX body and take a shot at (for example) f2.8 then swap it out for a DX lens and set that to f2.8 - the exposure will be the same. You can actually use some DX lenses on FX bodies and get a full frame exposed. The AF-S 35mm f1.8 G DX can just about do this once its stopped down a little and many zooms do the same as you alter the focal length- the Sigma 10-20mm from memory is full frame from about 16mm.
     
    I think what the person in the quoted article is misunderstanding is the apparent difference in depth of field between the two systems for a given aperture. If you stood in one spot with a FX body and a 85mm f1.4 and took a picture at f1.4 then did the same with a crop sensor camera using a 56mm f1.2 set to f1.4 you would get about one stop extra depth of field - the exposure would be the same. By opening the 56mm up to f1.2 you would then get a picture with a similar DoF to the 85mm.
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    lysander got a reaction from steeplejack in XF 16-55mm f/2.8 WR Lens   
    I just got mine, a minty used copy from a dealer for $960 in the original packaging. Looks like new. 
     
    I have used only primes with the X-T1 until now, but have wanted a top tier general purpose zoom to avoid lugging a bunch of lenses around.
     
    Fast focus, very sharp, as a good as a prime for me.  BUT, a bit heavy at first, then you don't notice. Much lighter than the equivalent Nikon gear I sold ;-)
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    lysander reacted to flysurfer in Disappointed with Fuji X-T1 Firmware 4.0? We have tipps for you...   
    Actually, all of this was also applies to firmware 3, as nobody with firmware 3 would or should use the ES for tracking, enable FD for tracking, disable HPM etc., and all of it is also in my book. No need to update these parts, they still apply.
     
    Not that much has changed between firmware 3 and 4. Yes, PDAF is speedier, CDAF is more reliable and there's now real 3D tracking with predictive CDAF. Actually, the faster predictive CDAF is the actual "killer feature". However, the most significant improvement is added comfort and convenience for those who previously struggled with the old single point AF. It's like adding ABS and ESP and an automatic transmission to cars: less experienced drivers may like it more than experienced ones. 
     
    We had our first "real" firmware 4 workshop last weekend, and it took about 20 minutes to cover the additional features. It isn't complicated at all.
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    lysander got a reaction from CRAusmus in Upcoming Sales on Lenses in the US?   
    Best Buy just had a FANTASTIC sale on the XF 50-140mm. Got one for $599.00....yes $599 brand new. The post on Best Buy said "Sale - Save $1,000", so I did!
     
    Some guy on DP Review alerted folks to this sale and I was able to get one too. You have to keep trying because they sell so fast they go out of stock quickly. The inventory system seems to replenish stock pretty quickly though
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    lysander got a reaction from CRAusmus in Image Stabilization   
    Thom Hogan said on sansmirror.com:
     
    But consumers are easily fooled by technology, too. Take image stabilization. This is a “good enough” solution not a “best practice” solution. I’ve written for over a decade the following: turn off IS and stabilize your camera (e.g. well chosen and set up tripod) and you’ll almost always get better pixel level results. IS/VR systems are moving something (lens elements, sensor) during the exposure. And they’re not moving those elements perfectly in sync with the motion. Not even close. While you might not be able to easily measure it, you’re losing edge acuity with IS systems turned on. Of course, if the alternative is to get totally smeary results because you can’t hold the camera steady, then IS is certainly useful. 
     
    http://www.sansmirror.com/newsviews/why-do-people-really-buy.html
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    lysander reacted to flysurfer in Fuji hatred? Why?   
    The best thing would be not to participate in such discussions.
     
    I also don't share articles that don't present honest facts but rather rely on opinion and controversial speech to gather interest. However, most online readers seem to be more interested in controversial stuff than useful stuff. 
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